Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The aim of this meta-analysis was to review studies that applied musical instrument playing as an intervention to improve cognitive functioning of older adults with and without cognitive impairment. English-language articles published between 1990 and 2018 were searched using electronic databases. M...

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Main Authors: Soo Ji Kim, Ga Eul Yoo
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00151/full
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description The aim of this meta-analysis was to review studies that applied musical instrument playing as an intervention to improve cognitive functioning of older adults with and without cognitive impairment. English-language articles published between 1990 and 2018 were searched using electronic databases. Music therapy journals were also hand searched for relevant research. Inclusion criteria for participants were older adults, ages 60 years and older, and any clinical diagnosis of cognitive impairment had to be due to aging. Searches used combinations of the following keywords: older adults, instrument playing, and cognitive outcomes measures. A total of 10 studies that met the inclusion criteria were included in the final analysis: five studies with healthy older adults, two with older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), two studies with older adults with dementia, and one study with both healthy older adults and older adults with MCI. The results of this meta-analysis demonstrated that different types of cognitive involvement were demanded from instrument playing. Furthermore, depending on the type of involvement, a target cognitive domain was found to be differentially impacted by the instrument playing intervention. This study supports using different types of instrument playing for interventions targeting specific cognitive domains of older adults with varying levels of cognitive aging.
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spelling doaj.art-aab42ff26c8d4736837bbbddecdcd9ad2022-12-21T17:30:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-02-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.00151428994Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisSoo Ji Kim0Ga Eul Yoo1Music Therapy Education, Graduate School of Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South KoreaDepartment of Music Therapy, Graduate School, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South KoreaThe aim of this meta-analysis was to review studies that applied musical instrument playing as an intervention to improve cognitive functioning of older adults with and without cognitive impairment. English-language articles published between 1990 and 2018 were searched using electronic databases. Music therapy journals were also hand searched for relevant research. Inclusion criteria for participants were older adults, ages 60 years and older, and any clinical diagnosis of cognitive impairment had to be due to aging. Searches used combinations of the following keywords: older adults, instrument playing, and cognitive outcomes measures. A total of 10 studies that met the inclusion criteria were included in the final analysis: five studies with healthy older adults, two with older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), two studies with older adults with dementia, and one study with both healthy older adults and older adults with MCI. The results of this meta-analysis demonstrated that different types of cognitive involvement were demanded from instrument playing. Furthermore, depending on the type of involvement, a target cognitive domain was found to be differentially impacted by the instrument playing intervention. This study supports using different types of instrument playing for interventions targeting specific cognitive domains of older adults with varying levels of cognitive aging.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00151/fullinstrument playingolder adultscognitive agingcognitive engagementsystematic review
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Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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older adults
cognitive aging
cognitive engagement
systematic review
title Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_full Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_fullStr Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_short Instrument Playing as a Cognitive Intervention Task for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_sort instrument playing as a cognitive intervention task for older adults a systematic review and meta analysis
topic instrument playing
older adults
cognitive aging
cognitive engagement
systematic review
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